NATIONAL SECUIRTY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE NO. 2 COORDINATION OF COLLECTION ACTIVITIES ABROAD*

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• Publication Date: July 11, 1957
• Content Type: REGULATION

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11 July 1957
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTIVE No. 2
COORDINATION OF COLLECTION ACTIVITIES ABROAD*
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102 of the National Security
Act of 1.947, as amended, and for the purposes enunciated in paragraphs
(d) and (e) thereof, the National Security Council hereby, authorizes
and directs that the following over-all policies and objectives shall
apply to the interdepartmental coordination of foreign intelligence
collection activities not covered by other National Security Council
Directives to effect sound and efficient utilization of the various
departmental and agency collecting and reporting facilities abroad:
1. The Director of Central Intelligence,, in consifltation with
the Intelligence Advisory Committee or individual members thereof,
shall insure that planning for the utilization of th,e collecting and
reporting capabilities for intelligence purposes of each of the agencies
avoids undesirable duplication and uncoordinated overlap and provides
adequate coverage for national security purposes.
2. The Department of State shall have primary responsibility
for, and shall perform as a service of common concern, the collection
of political, sociological, economic, scientific and technical information.
**3. The Departments of the Army, Navy and Air Force shall have
primary responsibility for, and shall perform as a service of common
# Outside he United States and its possessions.
The.USAF representative reserved his position on this paragraph.
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concern, the collection of Army, Naval, and Air intelligence informa-
tion respectively. Owing to the importance of scientific and technical
intelligence to the military services, this collection responsibility
shall, include scientific and technical, as well as economic information
pertinent to departmental missions.
Li. The Central Intelligence Agency may collect intelligence
information in support of assigned functions or as a by-product of
the assigned functions: Provided, That this collection involves no
undesirable duplication of any of the specific assignments in para-
graphs 2 or 3 above.
The senior U.S. representative in each nation or foreign
jurisdiction where the United States maintains official representation
shall coordinate in his area the collection activities not covered by
other National Security Council Directives. Full utilization shall be
made of the assigned duties, individual initiative, or favorable contacts
of departmental and agency representatives.
6. Intelligence information collected in accordance with the terms
of this Directive by any agency in the field shall, wherever possible,
be transmitted immediately to the field representative of the agency
carrying out the collection activity assigned in paragraphs 2, 3, or
4 above, who shall then be responsible for its onward transmission:
Provided, That the original collector shall not be enjoined from
transmitting the information to his own headquarters.
7. Departments and Agencies carrying out collection activities
under paragraphs 2, 3, or 4 above shall recognize the needs of the other
Departments and Agencies in establishing collection programs.
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